Canton Mountain
Canton Mountain rises to 472 m in Maine. Colonel Holman Mountain stands 561 m to the northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Fish Hill: 0.7 mi
- McCollister Hill: 1.6 mi
- Paine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Nebo Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Stone Street Ballfield: 4.0 mi
- Pine Island Park: 4.1 mi
- Dixfield Carry-In Boat Access: 4.3 mi
- North Jay White Granite Park: 4.5 mi
- Donald E. Hutchins Memorial Ballfield: 4.6 mi
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Stevens Island Rivershore Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Seven Mile Stream Preserve: 2.7 mi
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Alden Hill Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 13.5 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 13.5 mi
- war memorial: 15.5 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 22.1 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 8.3 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 11.2 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 13.5 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 19.5 mi
- Readfield Historical Society: 20.1 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Shagg Crag: 12.2 mi
- Berry Ledge: 17.6 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 19.1 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 15.5 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 15.8 mi
- Town Beach: 19.1 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 20.9 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 22.2 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 12.3 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 13.5 mi
- Fisher Man: 15.5 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 24.9 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 22.8 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 13.0 mi
- Cooper Spring: 18.2 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Rumford Falls: 12.0 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Canton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Holman Mountain | NW 311° | 561 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NW 314° | 555 m | 3.0 mi |
| Trask Mountain | SW 220° | 527 m | 4.9 mi |
| The Saddleback | SW 221° | 503 m | 6.9 mi |
| Law Mountain | N 357° | 502 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | WNW 301° | 500 m | 3.4 mi |
| Holman Mountain | NW 319° | 495 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tumbledown Dick Mountain | WSW 244° | 463 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:46 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Falls 1 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212949
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